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Manor House of Santa Magdalena

Corbera de Llobregat, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona

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Manor House of Santa Magdalena

Monument · Corbera de Llobregat, Baix Llobregat, Barcelona

The Casal de Santa Magdalena, or of the Barons of Corbera, was built in the 15th century as a hostel for pilgrims and devotees of Santa Magdalena, in the municipality of Corbera de Llobregat. In 1714, after the demolition of the barony's castle by order of Philip V, the king granted this building to Baron Josep Móra i Solanell as compensation, since he had no place to store the oil and wine from his lands; the baron added a storey and renovated it. Rectangular in plan, 36 by 13 metres, with two floors under an Arab-style tiled roof, it is built of red sandstone and preserves Gothic ogee-arched windows and, on the east façade, a coat of arms bearing the Corbera raven. After a legal dispute settled in 1817, the casal belonged to the barons of Corbera until 1948, when it passed to the Diocese of Barcelona.

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